THE widow of the murdered aide of former Biliran representative Glenn Chong has asked the Department of Justice (DoJ) to conduct a separate forensic examination.
Mr. Chong said he and Jeanette P. Santillan sent a letter to DoJ Undersecretary Adrian Ferdinand S. Sugay, requesting the National Bureau of Investigation to look into the car driven by his aide Richard Y. Santillan and the clothes he wore when he was killed.
Mr. Chong told reporters, “(I)to yung pinaka mabigat na hiningi namin. We are asking for a complete reconstruction of the (time) from the event na nakita pang buhay si Richard Santillan around 10:30 ng gabi hanggang idineklara siyang patay ng kapulisan a la una ng umaga (This is a most difficult request. We are asking for a complete reconstruction of the events from the [time] when Richard Y. Santillan was last seen alive around 10:30 in the evening until he was declared dead by police at 1:00 in the morning).”
Mr. Santillan was killed in an alleged encounter with the police last Dec. 10 in Cainta, Rizal.
The Public Attorney’s Office on Dec. 5 said an autopsy on Mr. Santillan’s body showed that he was tortured before he was killed as he sustained numerous injuries.
For her part, Ms. Santillan said they plan to charge the police under Calabarzon Chief Supt. Edward Esperat Carranza.
“Gusto naming kasuhan ang mga pulis under General Carranza dahil… nadiscover po namin na tinorture po muna ’yung asawa ko bago siya i-ambush sa kanyang sasakyan. (We want to charge the police under General Carranza because we discovered that my husband was tortured before he was [killed]),” she said. — Vann Marlo M. Villegas

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